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hind ones small and simple ; veins of wings light brown, bearing narrow 

 brown scales, those on the anterior part of wing mixed with white ones ; 

 a spot at the origin of the second vein, the small cross- vein, and a spot 

 beginning at the base of the first sub-marginal cell and crossing the 

 second sub-marginal and first posterior cells, clouded with brown, the 

 cross-veins at end of first and second basal cells approximated ; petiole 

 of first sub-marginal cell one-half length of cell. 



$ . Agrees with # , except has more long black scales on head, 

 petiole of first sub-marginal cell one-third the length of that cell ; all 

 tarsal claws simple. 



Length. — 8 mm. 



One male and six females ; Arizona. — Prof. F. H. Snow." 



Genus PARDOMYIA. nov. gen 



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Head clothed as in Culex, with very long upright forked 

 scales ; palpi of J fairly long, about one-fourth the length of the 

 proboscis ; long in the male. Thorax and scutellum with narrow 

 curved scales. Wings with scanty scales, thickish rather closely 

 appressed lateral vein scales, and the wing membrane stained in 

 places deep brown. Venation typical, but the second posterior 

 cell is very large. Legs very long, especially the hind pair. 

 Large species with brilliant golden and brown markings and 

 spottings. The stained wing membrane and its large size make 

 it a very marked genus. 



Pardomyia aurantia. n. sp. 



Head bright golden yellow ; palpi the same colour in J 

 except for black apex. Thorax rich brown with a narrow 

 golden yellow border in front. Abdomen deep brown basally 

 with deep violet reflections, golden apically. Femora and tibiae 

 spotted with golden yellow and deep purplish brown ; hind legs 

 with a yellow basal band to the first, second, and third tarsals, 

 last hind tarsals pure white. Wings tinged with yellow and 

 with scantily yellow scaled veins, a dark spot at the cross-veins 

 and at the marginal cross-vein. 



9 . Head pale brown, densely clothed with bright golden 

 yellow narrow-curved scales, particularly dense around the 

 borders of the eyes, numerous rich ochraceous to golden yellow 

 long upright forked scales, becoming a little darker at the sides, 

 flat yellow lateral scales with a small brown area in the middle ; 



